Discussion on Mesodiverticular band
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Hilma Beuchert
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Username: dakotab
Post Number: 41
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, Jun 9, 2008 - 8:12 am: |   |
I found my horse in extreme colic yesterday morning. After two shots of banamine, waiting for the vet to come. He still has casting himself in his stall, we managed to get out side. He still would not stay on his feet. When the Vet arrived she gave him a sedative. We had called Equine Speciality Hospital in Aurora, Oh.
and my husband got the trailer hooked up. She said to get him there ASAP. When we got there, they found he had mesodiverticular band, that had twisted around the small intestine.
He had surgery, and the next 48 hours are critical.
I tried to find information about the birth defect but could not. Do you have any information on this web site about it, and where would I find it?
Thank YOu
HIlma |
Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 20810
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Monday, Jun 9, 2008 - 8:36 pm: | |
I am sorry to hear of your difficulties Hilma, the mesodiverticular band is a extra piece of tissue formed at birth and attached to the small intestine. Unfortunately it can allow segments of small bowel into an enclosed space where they become trapped. Here is a pretty complete description of the defect and how it causes colic:
J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1979 Nov 15;175(10):1089-94.Links
Mesodiverticular bands as a cause of small intestinal strangulation and volvulus in the horse.
Freeman DE, Koch DB, Boles CL.
Volvulus of the jejunum and ileum in three horses was associated with intestinal strangulation in a mesenteric rent. The rent was in the jejunal mesentery at its point of attachment with an anomaly that was classified as a mesodiverticular band. The band also was attached to the dorsolateral surface of the jejunum, thus forming one side of a triangular hernial sac that was completed on the other side by the adjacent jejunal mesentery. Incarceration of a loop of small intestine in the hernial sac preceded rupture of the jejunal mesentery and subsequent intestinal strangulation. Surgical correction was successful in two horses and involved resection of the gangrenous intestine, then jejunocecal anastomosis. The third horse was euthanatized when intestinal rupture and peritonitis were found on exploratory laparotomy. Two mesodiverticular bands attached to the distal jejunum were incidental necropsy findings in a fourth horse. |
Hilma Beuchert
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Username: dakotab
Post Number: 42
Registered: 11-2004
| | Posted on Monday, Jun 9, 2008 - 10:38 pm: | |
Thank You Dr O
I don't understand all the terminology but will look up what I can.
I appreciate your information.
Hilma |
